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  • Sony's 'Star Trek' Video Goggles  Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011 | 8:11 AM ET

    Sony Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer brings a new gadget to his Squawk Box interview.

  • Play With Toy Stocks  Monday, 19 Dec 2011 | 12:40 PM ET

    Sharing perspective on why investors should be buying into toy stocks, with Gregory Badishkanian, Citigroup analyst.

  • Faber Report: Rutledge Resigns  Friday, 16 Dec 2011 | 9:37 AM ET

    CNBC's David Faber shares the details on the dip in shares of Outgoing Cablevision since the resignation of the company's COO, Tom Rutledge.

  • Chances of a Research In Motion Turnaround Slim: Analyst Thursday, 15 Dec 2011 | 12:56 PM ET

    As Blackberry maker Research In Motion gears up to release its fiscal third-quarter earnings, pressure is rising on the telecommunications company to deliver. Mike Abramsky, managing director and software and wireless research analyst at RBC Capital Markets, weighed in.

  • Best Buy Margins Hammered by Heavy Discounting: Analysts Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | 3:47 PM ET

    Best Buy's efforts to boost sales — particularly on Black Friday — by deep discounting took a heavy toll on gross profit margins, resulting in the retailer missing quarterly earnings estimates, Brian Nagel, senior research analyst at Oppenheimer & Co., told CNBC Tuesday.

  • NTSB Wants Devices Out of Car  Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | 3:31 PM ET

    CNBC's Jon Fortt reports on a recent investigation into the cause of a major accident in St. Louis last year that killed 2 people and injured 38 others. It led the National Transportation Safety Board to issue a recommendation today calling for a nationwide ban on the use of electronic devices while driving.

  • NTSB Device Recommendation & a Big Deal for Boeing  Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | 1:06 PM ET

    CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports on two developing transportation stories: the NTSB recommending a ban on all electronic devices in automobiles, and Southwest Airlines placing a $19B order for 208 737 MAXjets; the largest order in Boeing's history.

  • Why The Fed Meeting Matters  Tuesday, 13 Dec 2011 | 12:06 PM ET

    CNBC's Steve Liesman explains why traders should really pay attention to today's Fed meeting, and what investors can expect from the Fed now that the economy has strengthened since the last meeting.

  • Did Black Friday Save Best Buy's Earnings? Monday, 12 Dec 2011 | 12:58 PM ET
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    Best Buy may have been one of the biggest winners on Black Friday, but the shopping frenzy on Thanksgiving weekend probably didn't fix the company's core issues as it tries to shake its image as Amazon's showroom.

  • Media: Social Media Goes Public Thursday, 1 Dec 2011 | 2:33 PM ET

    Consumers embrace cloud computing, a new battle over digital content, TV and the Intranet merge, and traditional publishing makes a comeback.

  • Rocking Specialty Retailing  Tuesday, 29 Nov 2011 | 2:44 PM ET

    Brian Tunick, J.P. Morgan, discusses which retailers will be the winners and losers of the Black Friday weekend.

  • NRF Speaks on Black Friday Promotions  Friday, 25 Nov 2011 | 10:22 AM ET

    Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation, discusses the availability of credit among shoppers and how that will translate to the retail sector this Black Friday.

  • Plentiful Electronic Deals Are a Win for Consumers Friday, 18 Nov 2011 | 3:29 PM ET
    A customer purchases the Amazon.com Inc. Kindle Fire tablet computer at a Best Buy Co. store in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Amazon.com Inc.

    With declining categories such as GPS devices and computers, no new must-have videogame console, and little buzz beyond tablets as the next big must-have gadget, consumer electronics is poised to have a blue holiday.

  • Philips CEO: There's a Lot of Growth to Be Had in Asia Thursday, 17 Nov 2011 | 10:50 PM ET

    Royal Philips Electronics is looking to its lighting and healthcare businesses to turn its fortunes around as profits come under pressure. The Dutch giant's CEO Frans van Houten spoke to CNBC's Christine Tan on how he plans to put the spark back into the 120-year-old company.

  • Nook Beats the Kindle: Barnes & Noble CEO Monday, 7 Nov 2011 | 2:41 PM ET
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    In the battle of electronic book readers, the winner gives the most choice to consumers, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch told CNBC Monday.  That makes Nook better than Amazon's e-reader, the Kindle, he said.

  • Movie Fantasy Jobs Friday, 28 Oct 2011 | 1:31 PM ET
    Movies have glamorized many occupations over the years. The films of Humphrey Bogart let viewers live vicariously as street-smart private eyes. James Bond made audience members imagine themselves as debonair, globe-hopping spies with exotic seductresses in every port of call. And Clint Eastwood’s westerns made people visualize themselves as the frontier’s messengers of bloody vengeance.What these films failed to do was accurately convey a picture of their main characters’ day-to-day finances. Wa

    CNBC.com considered how famous movie characters made their living. We found what their salaries would be in real life, then determined if they could really afford to live in that apartment, drive that car, or eat at that restaurant.

  • Inventions That Killed Businesses Friday, 14 Oct 2011 | 4:35 PM ET
    The forward march of technology is both unforgiving and unstoppable. As it mercilessly weeds out the old in favor of the new, once beloved products and services become less favored by consumers, while others simply become obsolete.It’s always been this way. The horse and buggy was once the dominant means of travel for Americans, but once the automobile was invented formerly solvent buggy makers found themselves out of a job.This dynamic repeats itself whenever a new invention comes along that si

    What follows is a list of products and services that became so indispensable to consumers that they instantly lost interest in their previous favorites.

  • The 10 Biggest Videogame Movie Flops Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | 12:05 PM ET
    There's no dancing around the fact that the vast majority of movies based on videogames stink. Absurd plotlines are attached to games that barely had a story to begin with -- and those rare games that do have a strong narrative typically see that jettisoned by filmmakers for a different story line. Being a bad movie isn't necessarily the kiss of death at the box office — need we remind you of Paulie Shore's cinematic career? Sometimes, however, the audience is just too smart to be fooled and the

    There are some familiar franchises on this list of the biggest game-to-movie stinkers, proving that even if a studio options a game with an enormous fan base, it can't assume those players will show up at the box office.

  • The Biggest Videogame Movie Hits Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011 | 11:48 AM ET
    The history of financially successful videogame-to-movie conversions is a pretty short one. The list of critically successful conversions is even shorter. That doesn't mean there haven't been a few solid hits that got their start in the console world. Popular franchises tend to come with a built-in audience, and when Hollywood supplements that with a big star, it can be an immensely profitable venture — often spawning one or more sequels. Here are eight examples of gaming franchises that have ma

    The history of financially successful videogame-to-movie conversions is a pretty short one. Here are eight examples of gaming franchises that have managed to succeed on the big screen.

  • Pogue on Google Wallet  Thursday, 22 Sep 2011 | 1:30 PM ET

    With Google Wallet, the world's most popular search engine wants to manage your everyday financial transactions. All you need is a smart phone. But for now, only one device will do the trick. CNBC Contributor David Pogue reports.